Boston Bombings Aftermath: Suspicious Deaths

While 3 people were killed and more than 260 reportedly injured in the Boston Marathon Bombings on April 15, several individuals connected to the case have died violently since that Monday.

The MIT officer

April 18

10:30 p.m. Thursday: An MIT campus police officer was found shot in
his vehicle in the area of Vassar and Main Streets. According to authorities,
the officer was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to
Massachusetts General Hospital and pronounced dead.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

April 19

4:00 p.m. Friday: The Middlesex County D.A. confirmed that Suspect #1 has died while Suspect #2 escaped.

(editor’s note: There are unconfirmed witness reports that suspect no. 1, Tamerlan, was arrested alive after being stripped naked. Law enforcement will not confirm, but video shows someone clearly resembling Tamerlan indeed being arrested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC5o-UNplhQ&feature=player_embedded. Other reports indicated that law enforcement shot and ran over Tamerlan, rather that his brother.)

Man of interest shot during questioning by FBI agent. Initial reports hold that Todashev attacked the agent with a knife during questioning. Later, law enforcement personnel would backtrack, admitting they were not sure if this were the case.